Sensex trades up 74 pts; HDFC, Tata Motors rise

Indian equities gained in early trade on Tuesday. At 10.03 a.m.,
the Sensex was trading up 74.24 points or 0.40% at 18,413.24 with
20 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by
24.75 points or 0.44% at 5,596.15 with 31 components gaining.

The 30-share benchmark index, BSE
Sensex opened with a gain of 83.69 points or 0.46% at 18,422.69,
while the broad based NSE Nifty started with a rise of 33.40 points
or 0.60%, at 5,604.80.

However, Infosys contributed fall of 12.53 points in the Sensex.
It was followed by Grasim Industries (2.25 points), Sun
Pharmaceutical Industries (2.23 points), I C I C I Bank (1.64
points) and Bharti Airtel (1.07 points).

On the other hand, Infosys (0.93%), Sun Pharmaceutical
Industries (0.67%), Hero Motocorp (0.32%), Bharti Airtel (0.23%),
Coal India (0.14%), and I C I C I Bank (0.12%) were the biggest
losers in the Sensex.

The Consumer Durables index was at 7,442.16, up by 61.64 points
or by 0.84%. The major gainers were C.Mahendra Exports (8.64%),
Gitanjali Gems (1.98%), Rajesh Exports (1.42%), Whirlpool Of India
(1.19%) and Blue Star (0.81%).

The Realty index was at 1,903.99, up by 14.42 points or by
0.76%. The major gainers were Anant Raj Industries (1.94%), Godrej
Properties (1.7%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (1.15%),
D L F (0.78%) and D B Realty (0.74%).

On the other hand, the TECk index was at 3,357.38, down by 4.43
points or by 0.13%. The major losers were Idea Cellular (1.01%), H
C L Technologies (0.54%), Dish TV India (0.33%), Bharti Airtel
(0.23%) and Mphasis (0.19%).

Market Breadth

Market breadth was positive with 1,167 advances against 670
declines.

Value and Volume Toppers

United Spirits topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover
of Rs. 289.77 million. It was followed by Eicher Motors (Rs. 287.53
million), L&T Finance Holdings (Rs. 229.04 million) and Zylog
Systems (Rs. 215.39 million).

The volume chart was led by Zylog Systems with trades of over
3.06 million shares. It was followed by L&T Finance Holdings
(3.02 million), Greaves Cotton (1.20 million) and HT Media (1.11
million).

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